Click to enlarge. This was written following the shooting of Alton Sterling. He was a new father.

The key sentence from my perspective is "In uniform I get nasty hateful looks and out of uniform some consider me a threat."My heart goes out to all African-American police officers that face this dichotomy.

Happy Monday! It's a chilly July morning here in Southside Park. The Pokemon hunters are wearing their parkas and continue searching unabated. Today is the deadline for bids to buy Yahoo!, so if you want to own a dinosaur, get your roughly $40 billion together.

It'll be a somewhat quiet couple of weeks for state political news, as media and electeds will be focusing on Cleveland and Philadelphia.

If you missed the weekend's Nooner goodness, here are Saturday's and Sunday's. I covered some of the fundraising numbers for the targeted races and a pot pourri of other issues.

As Acting Governor, Gavin Newsom sent out the press release expressing the state's sorrow for the victims of the Baton Rouge shootings. In the release, he called for increased gun control measures, but stopped short of citing his measure on the November ballot, Proposition 63. Instead, he called on actions by Congress.

CA50 [East SD Cty]:Hunter hires law firm amid campaign review [Morgan Cook @ SDUT] - "After months of questions about personal use of campaign funds, Rep. Duncan Hunter’s campaign committee has hired a law firm that specializes in political law, according to financial reports released Friday. Hunter, R-Alpine, has already reimbursed his campaign account for $12,000 of expenses he identified as personal or mistaken on campaign finance reports, including video games, oral surgery, private school tuition, a garage door and unspecified items at a Coronado surf shop."

CALIIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES: The Board of Governors of the Calilfornia Community Colleges announced this morning that the new Chancellor is Long Beach CCD Superintendent/President Eloy Oakley.

As California delegates meandered into the Kalahari Report on Sunday, their chairman, Jim Brulte, did a little water “meditation” in the shallow pools in preparation for the week-long national convention nearly 60 miles away in Cleveland.

Brulte, also the state GOP chair, spent Sunday morning sprawled out in the small pool after hitting the Tanzanian Twister, which the park advertises as shuttling visitors “into a whirling vortex of fun.”

But the former legislative leader wasn’t able to use the facility’s pools as the site for his much-hyped cannonball contest.

An aide said he worried that the 4-foot to 5-foot outdoor pools would not accommodate the expected considerable displacement of water.

THE SETTLED:California GOP delegation to anti-Trumpers: never [Joe Garafoli @ SFChron] - "The California delegation, despite being bivouacked in the hinterlands, is built as the ultimate army of hard-core Trump faithful. In the unlikely event that there’s one last flailing attempt to derail the Donald’s nomination this week, the California delegation in place to destroy it."

The split in the Republican ranks is evident in California, which will send more than 340 delegates and alternates to Cleveland. While most of them are excited to be part of history, several prominent party members who aren't heading east this week fear that Trump is unqualified to be president and that he risks staining the party's image among Latinos, women and millennials.

"The only thing worse than Donald Trump losing is Donald Trump winning," said Kevin Spillane, a Sacramento-based GOP strategist.

Jon Fleischman, a former executive director of the California Republican Party who writes a popular conservative blog called the FlashReport, is so turned off by Trump that he canceled his plans to travel to Cleveland for the convention and took his family on vacation to Hawaii instead.

"When my party nominated a complete douchebag, I decided I didn't need to go," Fleischman, a supporter of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and a veteran of four Republican National Conventions, said in a telephone interview from Maui.

$$$:California property taxes show sharp gains, especially in Bay Area [Dan Walters @ SacBee] - "County property tax assessors are reporting strong upticks in taxable values for the 2016-17 fiscal year that began July 1. The total, when all the data are reported, will be close to the 6.16 percent gain estimated by Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget staff."

While the news is good for local governments and ostensibly schools, only a subset of "basic aid" schools will actually receive more money because of the boom. They are schools that earn enough in property tax revenue that the state need not provide them any General Fund revenue. For the non-basic aid districts, the additional property tax revenue just changes the composition of their revenue--more property tax and less General Fund.

The increased property tax revenue, however, is great for the General Fund and its non-education programs, primarily health and human services. The Proposition 98 guarantee for schools and community colleges is an overall guarantee based on three "tests" that I won't go into. However, the guarantee is a total obligation. Budget-writers then estimate the property tax revenue, and then meet the rest of the obligation with General Fund money. To the extent property tax revenue grows faster than the guarantee, that frees up General Fund money for other programs.

So, the increased property tax revenue shouldn't be seen as simply a win for simply local governments and schools. Of course, Governor Brown is likely to continue to demand savings and one-time expenditures to avoid a budget crisis whenever the next economic slowdown occurs.

LET THERE BE MORE LIGHT:UC regents consider tougher rules on outside pay for top administrators [Diana Lambert @ SacBee] - "The recommendations by UC President Janet Napolitano would reduce the maximum number of outside paid jobs from three to two, add a second layer of approval and require consideration of whether an outside board seat poses a “reputational risk” to the university."

#CAKEDAY: Happy birthday to Anu Natarajan!

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APICA SUSHI SHOWDOWN: It’s back! Join the Asian Pacific Islander Capitol Association (APICA) for its 4th Annual sushi-eating contest, Sushi Showdown. You won’t want to miss out on the food fight of the year on Tuesday, August 2 beginning at 530 PM at Mikuni Midtown at 1530 J Street in Sacramento. The Asian Pacific Islander Capitol Association (APICA) is a non-partisan, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization comprised of legislative staffers, advocates, and other API professionals in the Capitol community. Sushi Showdown provides the financial support for all of APICA's programs, including our Capitol internship program for college juniors and seniors. For sponsorship opportunities, to register as a competitor, or for more information, please contact apicapresident@gmail.com.

The Women's Foundation of California is seeking a five-star writer, experienced project manager and proud feminist to lead our storytelling and digital communications work (email marketing, list building, social media, website, blog, advertising and online engagement). This is an exciting opportunity for a self-starter and digital media expert who is looking to flex their exceptional skills as a writer in the service of positioning the Women’s Foundation of California as a thought leader in women’s economic security and a critical catalyst of social change in our communities. Click here to learn more and apply.

Introducing Jacobson & Zilber Strategies. Dave Jacobson and Maclen Zilber just launched a new communications and political consulting firm. For more information, visit www.JacobsonZilber.com.

The Sierra Club-San Francisco Bay Chapter is currently seeking candidates for the position of Chapter Director. (www.SFBay.sierraclub.org) This position oversees conservation, fundraising, and political program work of 12 Chapter staff, including development, conservation, communications, and administrative staff; hires and trains staff; develops and manages Chapter budget and finances; acts as the voice of the Chapter in local advocacy work; and is regularly involved with major donor and fundraising campaign work. The Chapter Director works closely with a volunteer executive committee. For job details, please apply at Sierra Club Careers webpage.

We are currently seeking experienced candidates for the position of Assistant Director of Government Relations for the California State Student Association (CSSA). This position informs and advises the Executive Director and Board of Directors on state and federal public policy matters that affect CSU students and public postsecondary education. The position is based in the CSSA Office in downtown Sacramento. This position works directly for CSSA but enjoys the full benefits of state employment through the California State University Chancellor's Office. For more job details, please apply at:apptrkr.com/826285

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Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory received $20 million from the Department of Energy last week to lead a three-year research project in the Upper Colorado River Basin, where they will study the processes that influence water availability and water quality as a result of climate change.

All were waiting for the intercom to ring out, signaling a few drivers at a time to head to the airport and, hopefully, catch a fare. But since the Port of Oakland, which operates the airport, began allowing ride-booking services, including Uber, Lyft and Wingz, to pick up and drop off passengers last year, those calls have been getting fewer and farther between.